Steve "Bluey" Larnach is the President of the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club and a dedicated community volunteer. A second-generation local, he has been involved with the club since the 1980s, serving in various roles including Patrol Captain and earning life membership in 2017. In this episode, Steve talks about life in "The Big Chair" as he calls the Presidents role, lessons for new surf life savers, how to be a real leader in the surf club, and some great tips on fundraising!
May 2
24 min
The Bondi Patrol Podcast Liz Webb, President Bondi SBLSC, and Steve Larnach, President North Bondi LSC HOST: Glen Frost, Nightingale Patrol, Bondi SBLSC In Australia, support is available at Lifeline on 13 11 14. On 14 December 2025, an Islamic State inspired terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Two gunmen killed 15 people (11 men, 3 women and a 10-year-old girl). Volunteer surf lifesavers...
Jan 21
26 min
Bondi Patrol Podcast GUEST: Lawrie Williams (Loz); Bondi SBLSC Long Service Member and Bondi Historian This podcast is supported by Bondi’s most experienced real estate agents; Richardson & Wrench Bondi Beach – we thank the whole team for their ongoing support of our club and the surf life saving community - visit their website at rwbb.com.au In this episode, I’m delighted to welcome Lawrie Williams to the podcast – Lawrie – or Loz to his friends – is a club veteran and Bond...
Sep 12, 2025
40 min
Bondi Patrol Podcast: Episode 27: Gareth Robinson: Purpose led habits: Hear about Bondi’s Wellbeing Team who are building mental health for Clubbies Gareth Robinson is the Founder of Your Happiness Flywheel, a mental health and wellbeing consultancy. Gareth is known at the Bondi SBLSC as “Chop” and is Vice Captain on the famous Baldock Patrol, and a Leader on the Club’s Wellbeing Team. Chop discusses Four initiatives for mental health and wellbeing: Each patrol has a Wellb...
May 3, 2025
38 min
Bondi Patrol Podcast: Episode 26: Sandra Fox, President, Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club. Tamarama: small club, big heart, taking the lead on many issues Sandra is currently President of Tamarama SLSC, the first woman to be in this role. She has been at Tamarama SLSC just over 20 years and has served in many roles in the surf club and seen many changes over that time both at a Club level and within surf life saving. Sandra works for CSIRO in business development in the environment and clima...
Feb 6, 2025
34 min
What does it take to be a great Club President? In this episode, Glen talks with President of Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club, Susie Peterson. Susie talks about her love of surf life saving, how she has held various roles in the club, and came into the role of President ‘by accident’ on her retirement, and how she loves the role. Susie reflects on what makes a great President, from having a vision for the club, understanding the diversity of members, appreciating that people are volunteers,...
Jan 27, 2025
40 min
Bondi Surf Life Saver Lauren Tischendorf first woman to swim solo around Lord Howe Island! Lauren recently became the first woman to swim a solo, single session, 32km swim around Lord Howe Island where she faced sharks, strong currents, 25 knot winds and 2.5m swell. Lauren is an Athlete for The Minerva Network, a group that supports female athletes, and a member of various global swimming clubs and associations. Lauren grew up in South Africa, came to Australian in 1999, joined Bondi Bathers...
Nov 5, 2024
33 min
The Bondi Patrol Podcast: Liz Webb, Club President About Liz: Liz was born in Griffith Country NSW. She has lived and worked in various regional places in the Murray Darling Basin (Wagga Wagga, Albury, Leeton) and then worked overseas. Liz moved to Sydney for work in 2001, moved to Bondi and completed her Bronze medallion in 2002. Liz’s experience in the club is as an active patroller for many years, takin on the vice captain role for Meagher patrol back in the day. Liz has held vario...
Oct 14, 2024
30 min
The Bondi Patrol Podcast: Episode 22: Paula Masselos, Mayor of Waverley Today, I’m delighted to welcome Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos to the podcast. Paula is the Managing Director of Embrace Society which is a communications agency specializing in hard-to-reach audiences and in values based behavior change, community engagement, advertising and communications, and creative strategy and development. Paula is a highly experienced and award-winning communicator with a career spanning...
Jul 22, 2024
34 min
The Bondi Patrol Podcast: Episode 21: Lucy Macdonald (Allon) In this episode we are delighted to welcome Lucy Macdonald (Allon) to the podcast Lucy has been with the Bondi SBLSC for eight years with Besomo Patrol (aka 'Bes-t-omo' patrol). And like many people, Lucy started her involvement with the club earlier than that – when her kids were part of the Nippers program. In this episode we’ll talk about what motivated Lucy to become a volunteer surf life saver, the variety of roles and activiti...
Jul 22, 2024
40 min
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